Improvement in folding-seats



opened for use.

UNITED STATES :PATENTv OFFICE.

JAMES M. SWAIN, OF PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING-SEATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,060, dated September 19, 1871.

that shall occupy little roo1n when closedand yet shall be solid and substantial when opened for use.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the seat when Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the seat when closed.

(l is a light frame that is secured to the pen or counter by the screws S S. A is the seat, made in any of the usual ways, and is firmly secured to the arm B, which is hinged at al in such a man ner as to allow the seat to fall into the position shown in Fig. 3. D D is a support or brace in i two parts, hinged at d, and also at r under the seat and t' on the frame C. When the seat is brought into position for use the support D falls into place, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, forming a rigid and substantial brace. The hinge d is so constructed, as shown, thatthe brace D D can go out no further than to bring the two parts of which it' is composed a little beyond the dotted right line, as shown in Fig. 2, thusisecuring the seat from falling when in use. To close the seat lthe support or brace D D is pushed upward slightly and the seat then falls into the position shown in Fig. 3. When thus closed the part'D D is folded and occupies the recess in the frame shown at E, Fig. l. If desirable a cord may be attached to the joint d and, passing upward, canbe used to trip the seat. Rubber buffers may also be attached to the seat or frame to prevent noise.

All the parts except the seat V`are designed to be made of cast-iron, and as light as consistent with the necessary strength.

I claim as my invention- The frame O C, in combination with the jointed brace D D, pivoted arin B, and seat A, constructed as and for the purpose specified.

JAMES M. SWAIN.

Witnesses Jnssn HUNT, MARKS J AooBUs. 

